Donald Trump has jumped to the front of Republicans’ 2016 presidential candidate field, holding that position even after a spate of incendiary comments, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll has found.782

Confusion emerged in the sprawling multinational investigation into debris suspected to be linked to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, as officials offered contradictory statements about a plane piece that washed ashore last week.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pressed Egypt’s leaders to move forward with political reform as part of a broader strategy to confront religious extremism and said elections slated for this fall are an important milestone for the Arab country.

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More economists, joined most recently by a team from the New York Fed, believe the federal government’s loose standards for student loans are fueling a vicious cycle of higher college tuition prices, similar to what some say happened with the housing bubble.71

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Can’t get to Paris, San Sebastián or Tokyo for dinner? With more and more chefs making cameo appearances in each other’s kitchens, you could just wait for one of the world’s top toques to pop up in a restaurant near you.

“Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation” opened in first place at the box office with an estimated $56 million, a terrific boost for the spy series and its star, Tom Cruise. Audiences, however, didn’t go with “Vacation,” the latest National Lampoon installment.

Global investment banks got a second-quarter revenue boost from a surge in Asian stock trading. But given China’s market volatility and stock declines in some other countries, those revenue gains may be hard to replicate.

A rout in raw materials has helped drive down holdings in a Carlye Group firm’s flagship fund from about $2 billion to less than $50 million. The collapsing commodities market is spreading pain well beyond specialists to some of the heaviest hitters on Wall Street.

Abreast of the Market

Technology companies whose earnings disappoint investors are paying an unusually large toll this quarter, highlighting Wall Street’s high expectations for the sector at a time of uneven economic growth.

Hillary Clinton released a flurry of documents Friday that included a physician’s declaration of her personal health and a batch of financial information, in a bid to rebut accusations of secrecy surrounding her presidential campaign.211

Lawyers for Dylann Roof, the man accused of murdering nine parishioners in a black church in Charleston, S.C., said he wanted to plead guilty to federal charges, but they couldn’t advise him to do so until the government clarified whether it would seek the death penalty.

Billionaires are bankrolling the early days of the 2016 campaign to an unprecedented degree, with at least 40 of the wealthiest Americans plowing $60 million into super PACs aligned with the top tier of presidential contenders.214

Memphis police took a suspect into custody on Sunday after widening their search for the person responsible for the slaying of a fellow officer gunned down during a routine traffic stop Saturday night.